(A) It is unlawful to violate any provision of this chapter. A violation of any provision of this chapter shall be an ordinance violation. The occupant shall be considered separate and independent from the owner (unless they are one and the same), and each, upon conviction, shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense for which a separate penalty may be imposed.
(B) Any person who is convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500, plus costs.
(C) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent this municipality from taking any other lawful action that may be necessary to secure compliance with this chapter. Nothing contained in this section shall preclude this municipality from recovering any other relief, including fines, costs, damages, attorney fees or injunctive relief, to which this municipality may otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to law.
(D) Nothing contained within this chapter shall require the Administrator or any other person to issue a corrective order to take any other steps as a prerequisite to filing an ordinance violation or seeking any other relief.
(Prior Code, § 157.044) (Ord. 05-04, passed 5-16-2005; Ord. 08-06, passed 3-3-2008; Ord. 19-15, passed 10-21-2019)